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Offered is a rare Mention in Dispatches for operations in South East Asia to Havildar C. S. Bisht, Royal Garhwal Rifles.

1939 – 45 Star, Burma Star, British War Medal (1939- 45), India Service Medal (1939 – 45) all un named as issued, General Service Medal (1918 – 62), with clasp S.E.ASIA 1945 – 46, impressed named 6018 HAV.??CHANDAR SINGH BISHT ,1 BN. R. GARH. RIF. Court mounted for display, comes with copy of London Gazette 1947 extract.

London Gazette 26/6/1947 Mention in Despatches.

Havildar (corporal)?Chandar Singh Bish ?served with the 1^st?Battalion Royal Garhwal Rifles in the Burma Campaign and post war garrisoning Sumatra prior to the return of the Dutch.

The 1st Battalion moved to Burma in 1941, It took part in the desperate fighting in the southern Shan states at Yenangyuang, which it was awarded as a Battle Honour. It also has the distinction of being the only awardee of Battle Honour “Monywa”, the last major action in the Retreat from Burma. After a period of rest and regrouping followed by intensive jungle training, the battalion was back for the Reconquest of Burma. Its actions in Arakan, Ngyakydauk Pass, the landings at Ramree, and the final entry into Rangoon won it more Battle Honours : “North Arakan”, “Ngakyduak Pass”, “Ramree” and “Tuangup”, and Theatre Honour “Burma 1942-45”

Operation Cirrhus: was the British reoccupation of the northern part of the island of Sumatra after the surrender of the occupying Japanese forces 1945.

On 4 October a convoy carrying the headquarters Indian 26th Division, the headquarters of Indian 71st Brigade, the headquarters of Royal Artillery Indian 26th Division, 1/Lincolnshire Regiment, 6/South Wales Borderers, 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles and large numbers of support troops sailed from Madras for Sumatra. At sea the convoy split, the headquarters of the naval force, Indian 26th Division, Indian 71st Brigade, the Lincolns and the Garhwali making for Padang, half-way down the south-west coast of Sumatra, while the headquarters of the Royal Artillery and the South Wales Borderers made for Medan on the north-east coast. Each part of the convoy had five tank landing ships, some of which joined en route from Malaya, Colombo and Chittagong.

On line reading: The British Occupation of Indonesia 1945-1946

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